She will announce an unprecedented £40 million cash package to protect youngsters from exploitation and trafficking and hunt down offenders.

It includes £20 million for the National Crime Agency to tackle online sexual exploitation and £7.5 million for a new centre of expertise on child sex abuse.

Ms Rudd, who has made ending the disgusting underground trade a priority, said: “Children should be able to grow up free from the horrors of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking – something that should go without saying, but sadly that’s not the case.

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She will announce an unprecedented £40 million cash package to hunt down offenders

Children should be able to grow up free from the horrors of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking – something that should go without saying, but sadly that’s not the case

Amber Rudd

“Since 2010, the Government has done more than any other to tackle these horrific offences.

“We have increased support for victims of sexual abuse, invested in training and technology to improve law enforcement’s response to abuse both on and offline, and brought in a tougher inspection regime to ensure all front-line professions are meeting their child protection duties.

“But there is more to do, the measures I am announcing will further improve our ability to protect children, and under my watch I am determined to bring those that would try to steal their childhood to justice.”

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The plan also included £7.5 million for a new centre of expertise on child sex abuse

Her announcement comes less than a fortnight after defiant members of a “truly evil” Asian paedophile gang who raped and abused girls as young as 11 yelled 'Allahu Akbar' as they were jailed for a total of 81 years.